List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Tonya K. Davidson, Tara Milbrandt, and Ondine Park
FALL
1 The Rideau Canal in Fall: Understanding Ontology and Epistemology with Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Zoe Todd
2 Back to School Season: Schools and the Social Organization of Crime
Heather Rollwagen
3 Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Marking the Seasons with Brands
Sonia Bookman
4 Labour Day Weekend: The Shifts and the Cycles of Work
Susan Cake, Jason Foster, and Bob Barnetson
5 A Long Weekend of Rest and Labour: Thanksgiving, Holiday Body Work, and the Holiday Body
Heidi Bickis
WINTER
6 Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The Medicalization of Winter Sadness
Alissa Overend
7 Season of Dreaded Joys: Adaptation, Enchantment, and Solidarity in a “Winter” City
Tara Milbrandt
8 Cupid’s Keyboard: Disabled People’s Experiences with Online Dating
Alan Santinele Martino
9 Extending Law’s Reach: Winter, Accusations, and the Colonial Encounter
Matthew P. Unger
10 Cracked Ice: Hockey, Whiteness, and Masculinity in Sports
Nicole Neverson
SPRING
11 The Myth of the Sugar Shack: Identity, Nature, and Maple Syrup
Emma Bider
12 Spring Babies, Summer Weddings, Fall Divorces, and Winter Deaths: Seasons and Populations
Rania Tfaily
13 Alternative Spring Break: The Politics of Doing Good in a Globalized World
Nathaniel Laywine and Alan Sears
14 Peach Blossoms and Precarious Work: Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program on the Niagara Peninsula
Kristin Lozanski
15 Rites of Spring: Multiculturalism and the Celebration of Vaisakhi in Vancouver
Bonar Buffam
SUMMER
16 Wedding Season: The White Wedding as a Cultural Ritual of Heteronormativity
Ondine Park
17 Summer in Cottage Country: Expectations and Experiences of Canadian Nature
Tonya K. Davidson
18 Burning Season: The (New) Conflagrations of Summer
Mark Hudson
19 Social Movements Sizzle
James Cairns
20 Summer’s Gains and Losses: Children, Social Class, and Learning
Patrizia Albanese
Glossary
Contributors
Index
